derailed000

First of all try to locate where you are using http://dayzdb.com/map. Then raid rather remote or lonely buildings like barns and avoid zombies and other players. Get use to love the key Z.

Most people does not own a weapon irl so starting without one is rather realistic. The whole point of the game is to "survive" that means scavage for supplies. The problem is not that you suck the problem is that you dont seem to know what this game is about. Do all the misstakes and then learn from it, read the forum ask around some people are helpful instead of sitting in a corner crying. Think abit, there is a post apocalyptic event, there is no law inforcement, no help and people are hungry and thirsty and scared. Do you think trusting another human would be easy at such time? I suggest learn the game or try of BF3 which is a really good FPS.

Its always better to avoid detection then giving up ones position.

OP is wrong...

Dont tell people how to play let them learn instead and if they dont learn well then they might quit playing, problem solved.

I bet my beans on option 4)

Dont go into the cherno or elektro use DayZ map and raid remote buildings. If you need to go into a town pick the smaller ones. Safe places from zombies are usually in the deep woods, safe place from players does not exist.

People would at first cooperate and not likely to go at eachother with fists or knifes. The problem is when water and food runs out and help is not coming. It is at this point i would start to worry about other humans. You dont even need to take a fictional event as a zombie outbreak. For example when Katrina hit New Orleans inside the dome that people were evacuated to " Despite increasingly squalid conditions, the population inside continued to grow. The situation inside the building was described as chaotic; reports of rampant drug use, fights, rape, and filthy living conditions were widespread." Another example is the ship estonia that sunk in the baltic sea, when people were about the hit the life boats they were lined up and robbed. So imaging what a post apocalypse environment would be if this happens in the real world. Would you trust another hungry or thirsty person, i wouldnt?

It would be nice that you actually need to aim and hit the head to take it down, hitting it in the knee would just make it crawl after you. Hording zombies would be a nice add, if they cant find food they move on to find it. You can never really relax cause zombies might walk up on you even in the deepest forrest, ofcourse their speed needs to be reduced to walking fast from todays running.

No its worse its full of humans...

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You can always log into a less populated server then run to a rather safe spot and log out and log onto the server to intended to play on. That is if both are connected the hive.

Bottom line is avoid walkers and avoid humans and you survive.

Its sufficient to just have a sidearm and a main rifle, other weapons just take up valuable space.

A good idea is to use the DayZ Map http://dayzdb.com/map so that you can raid buildings for food aswell if critical and you cant find any animals. Also dont fill up directly as the indicator shiftes from green always wait until it get red before you eat or drink. In that way you save some more time to find food or water. I hope you make it out there...

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I think noone ever told him that there are beans ingame...beans.

First of all your primary thing should be to located yourself using http://dayzdb.com/map. Second is to find buildings to loot, barns are good. My tip is practice on how to survive. Finding a weapon shouldnt be priority one since if using it you lure zombies and humans and you end up dead.

Its better of to avoid both people and walkers. If one wants to interact with other players one should do so on the forum....or wait its better to just avoid humans.

I found one just an hour ago and heck it was alot of fun to ride it. Stupid but fun....

I belive that this mod have a large group of players that used to play ARMA before the mod was released and i dont need to explain further what ARMA is all about. That mentality have been taken into this mod for many players, not all but i guess for some of the players. About the example you are telling about i guess that is more of a younger generation of gamers rather then gamers that has been around for awhile. The big diffrence today is the lack of respect and helping new players to get going (im not saying that sort of gaming is all lost, but it was more common a coupple of years ago). But i agree with you and probably have a similar gamingstyle...good luck out there :)

*I would not be so sure about that. When hell breaks loose its just a matter of time before some people start to break. I would fear other humans more then the zombies since zombies are predictable but humans are not.* Besides that i dont know if the whole community here is awful, but as the rule seems to be shoot first and forget about the questions later. Even if you are not a bandit you cant be sure that the player you encounter is friendly or not. It is just part of the game atmosphere which i think would reflect irl aswell atleast partial. Well perhaps besides those who camp all day in a tower for someone to run by and snipe them, but i guess such players get something out of it aswell.